Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee announced 14 new inductees into the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame. The new class includes 10 student-athletes, three athletic trainers and one alumna honored for lifetime achievement and contribution to American sporting culture.

Spanning more than a century of Vanderbilt Athletics, this year’s inductees represent the university’s best tradition of radical collaboration, setting a standard of excellence, transcending boundaries and lifting those around them to new heights.

Gonzales “AJ” Austin (men’s tennis)
Simone Charley (women’s soccer and track and field)
Joey Cora (baseball)
Phil Cox (men’s basketball)
Bowling Fitzgerald (athletic trainer)
Tom Galbierz (football)
Dennis Harrison (football)
Zuzana Klimešová (women’s basketball)
Lindsy McLean (athletic trainer)
Frank Mordica (football)
Sarah Riske (women’s tennis)
Dinah Shore (lifetime achievement)
Whit Taylor (football)
Joe Worden (athletic trainer)

Cox was honored as Kentucky’s “Mr. Basketball” as a senior at Cawood High School where he averaged more than 30 points per game over his final two seasons. Arriving at Vanderbilt, he scored 30 points in his collegiate debut—a 76-75 overtime victory on the road against Duke under second-year head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Playing alongside future NBA draft selections Hutch Jones and Jeff Turner, Cox finished second on the team in scoring that season.

Head coach C.M. Newton’s first recruit at Vanderbilt, Cox piled up a then-record 1,724 points for the Commodores—even though the sharp-shooting Kentuckian didn’t have the benefit of the 3-point line.

Cox was a first-team All-SEC honoree in 1982-83, when he was the leading scorer on a team that finished 19-14, and again in 1984-85. His 1,724 career points would remain the school record for nearly two decades, topped in 2004 by Matt Freije. Cox remains fourth in program history in career points.